Healthcare Support Worker

Healthcare Support Workers play an important role in the safe and effective delivery of school and community immunisation clinics. You will support children and young people before, during and after vaccination, helping to ensure a positive and reassuring experience. During the autumn term, you will receive training to administer nasal flu and injectable flu vaccines under National Protocols and the supervision of registered vaccinators. This is a term-time-only role, working 39 weeks per year within the Berkshire West Team, covering Wokingham, Reading and West Berkshire. You will be required to travel across all three localities to visit schools, support clinics, and collect and return vaccines from different bases. Your main locality to support will be Reading, with travel to West Berkshire and Wokingham, when required to support. We are looking for someone to work 30 hours over four days per week, term time only. Core hours are 08:30 to 16:30, although some days may require an 08:00 start to support vaccine collection. Flexibility is essential, as working patterns may vary depending on clinic schedules, including occasional later starts for later clinics. Please note that term time only post pay includes annual leave and bank holiday entitlements, therefore the school holidays count as your annual leave.,

• Administer flu vaccines under the direct supervision of Registered Healthcare Practitioners, in line with Vaccine Group Directions (VGDs).
• Support children and young people before and during vaccination, particularly those who may feel anxious.
• Monitor and support children and young people after vaccination to ensure they remain well.
• Assist vaccinators at school and clinic sessions, including setting up, clearing down and ensuring clinical supplies are available.
• Support vaccinators with home visits for children and young people who are unable to attend school or clinic sessions.
• Collect vaccines from an allocated base before planned school sessions, ensuring the cold chain is maintained at all times.
  
  Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
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• Caring for and about you is our top priority
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  Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites